I was very distracted by a certain tiny being that came into my life today!

The boyfriend’s puppy finally came home! He was nameless for the first 24 hours we had him — and though I was incredibly anxious and worried about this — it is going SURPRISINGLY WELL so far (ANNNND I just jinxed myself…most likely).

For Friday night, I had intended on making a shrimp fried rice with riced cauliflower — but I am without a food processor

I decided to steam the head of cauliflower (in salted, boiling water) and then had hoped to take a hand mixer to it, or just a fork and “rice” it — but it turned out to be more of a “mashed potatoes” consistency.

Whenever things don’t turn out the way I intend in the kitchen — I try to get creative and see if there is any way for me to make the recipe at least edible — if not presentable.

I decided to change this recipe to “Asian Shrimp and Grits.” I think the name fits!

First up, was prepping the cauliflower and getting it dropped into boiling, salted water. I tried to break up the cauli. the best I could — chopping off the leaves and as much stem as I could — before placing it in the pot of boiling water for what I’d estimate was 20 mins.

**If you’re looking to make “riced cauliflower” — dice your cauli. and then pulse in the food processor until it’s rice consistency. I’ve also heard of doing it up in the microwave.

Then, it was time to chop some veg. I picked portabella mushrooms, red onion and leeks.

Leeks are a complicated vegetable to work with if you don’t know what you’re doing.

I use the “leaves” of the leeks I purchase — though when watching Food Network I notice a lot of the chefs using just the stalk. I don’t want it to go to waste and I feel the whole vegetable is great — so I just use it in dishes until it’s gone.

It is important to wash the leeks because they contain a lot of sand. Do not overlook this step!

Then, I just sliced them up!

I diced the onions and portabellas — and then sauteed them with sesame oil (my current obsession #1) and a bit of olive oil.

I added 3 eggs — just incorporated, and let everything cook for a few minutes.